Thursday, January 20, 2011

Mark your Calendars: BANFF, MF2011, and Golden Gate Dirty 30

Mark your calendars for several events coming up, from film festival world tours to a CMC open house complete with live music and free happy hour to epic trail running races!

Banff Mountain

Film Festival

Tickets are now on sale for the 2011 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour! Hosted by REI, the showings will be at the Paramount Theatre on March 3-4, 2011. Tickets are $15 and proceeds benefit the CMC. A unique selection of films will be shown each of the two evenings. Tickets are available at REI locations, at the CMC office, or online. If you’d like to volunteer one or both nights, please email juliebethpelletier@cmc.org.

Mountain Fest 2011

Get your adventure on at the 9th annual Mountain Fest. The Fest, billed as CMC’s annual “Open House,” begins at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 19, 2011 at the American Mountaineer Center in Golden. Whether you’re an experienced mountaineer, ready to climb your first 14er, or new to the Rockies, Mountain Fest will help prepare you to enjoy Colorado’s great outdoors.

Mountain Fest will feature a climbing competition, membership discounts, skills clinics from our popular outdoor schools, free happy hour from Upslope and live music from Racecar Spelled Backwards. Bring family, friends, or yourself to this fun and free event!

Golden Gate Dirty Thirty

Registration is Open!

Registration is now open for the Golden Gate Dirty Thirty! This year's 7-mile, 12-mile, and 50k trail races will be held on Saturday, June 4th, in Golden Gate State Park. Proceeds benefit the CMC's Youth Education Program. The event is expected to fill up very soon! Register at goldengatedirtythirty.org. We will need many volunteers for this event. Please email Brenda at brendaporter@cmc.org to volunteer.

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Partner of the Month: Chipotle Mexican Grill

We are excited to announce that Chipotle Mexican Grill will be the official food sponsor of CMC's Backcountry Bash for the second year in a row! Chipotle has been an outstanding partner of the CMC by providing a taco bar for the Bash and hosting an in-store fundraiser last spring. Be sure to get your tickets to the 20th annual Backcountry Bash so you don't miss out on the delicious free taco bar provided by Chipotle. Next time you stop into a Chipotle restaurant, be sure to thank them for supporting the CMC!

Adventure Travel

Go on a Colorado Mountain Club Adventure Travel Trip

Colorado Mountain Club Adventure Travel Trips take members and guests to the world's incredible destinations - Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and Mount Ranier in the United States; the fabulous powder of British Columbia's Canadian Rockies; the spectacular heights of the Andes, the Alps, the Himalayas, Africa's Kilimanjaro and the Mexican Volcanoes; and Hawaii's, Australia's and New Zealand's exotic trails.